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Created bodies of every living creature upon the earth became a 'living soul' when the spirit from God (breath of life) is breathed into them.

Animals are living creatures WITH Gods Breath of Life...
They are not Living souls. They have Living souls IN them.

The Division between a Body of Man and the Body of an Animal;
IS the Body of Man.....CAN SIN AGAINST God.
IS the Soul of Man......CAN SIN AGAINST God.

The Body of an Animal...CAN NOT SIN AGAINST God.
The Soul of an Animal....CAN NOT SIN AGAINST God.


Without both flesh and spirit, no breathing creature upon the earth is a living soul. Without a spirit in them every created creature upon the earth would be a DEAD soul, not a living soul.

All souls belong to God. Life in the soul belong to God.
All Created BODY’s of Men and Creatures with BLOOD LIFE, SHALL DIE.

God has not ONCE SAID, “ALL Living SOULS SHALL DIE”.
Souls, CEASE LIVING, ”IF” and when GODS LIFE departs the Living Soul.
Living souls, DEPART, dying creatures, whose BODY’s LIFE IS BLOOD, and the BODY DIES.

Which is what the body of man would have remained if God had not given them a spirit by His own breath of life (Spirit). You confuse soul as spirit.

Not True. The very post I posted and you are responding to:
EXPRESSLY speaks of the WHOLE of a man......A BODY, A SOUL, A SPIRIT.....


Though similar they are not the same, as you make them.

You are confirming your own FALSE claim.


It becomes confusing because when a man is indwelt by the Holy Spirit when they are born again of the Spirit, man continues to be a living soul after the body dies.

AND....?
I am not confused...
Body’s Die, Living souls Departs the Body.
Body is a Dead Body....and my Point, that Body is NO LONGER CALLED A PERSON.
You want to talk about the LIVING SOUL...so?
You want to call a departed Living SOUL...a PERSON? It’s isn’t.
You want to talk about the SPIRIT of man....so? It’s isn’t the soul, it isn’t the body....and IF the man HAS a QUICKENED SPIRIT....SO ALSO does A Quickened SPIRIT depart a mans DEAD BODY.


But the man who dies without the Spirit in them, becomes a dead soul. Because every spirit in man returns to God who gave it (Ec. 12:7) when our body dies.

Now you are confusing A SOUL of man and a SPIRIT of man.

That which God GIVES a man OF God Himself IS SPIRITUAL, BECAUSE God IS SPIRIT.
IF God BLOWS His BREATH IN YOU....it is called you receiving a SOUL.
If God GIVES HIS SEED IN YOU...........it is called your receiving the BIRTH OF “your” Spirit.
If God GIVES YOU HIS SEED......”your born spirit SHALL IN FACT depart your dead body, AND that spirit return to God”.
(THAT Spirit of man, DOES not sin against God, Nor DOES the Spirit of man require forgiveness, or changing, or restoring, or made anew.)

The SOUL however IN a Man, whose BODY has SINNED Against God, SO ALSO does the SOUL SIN Against God....The BODY can BE Forgiven and the SOUL can Be forgiven....
ALL DEAD BODYS return to the EARTH.
ONLY....Forgiven, restored, sanctified, saved living souls....RETURN TO GOD.
Un-Forgiven living souls....DO NOT Return to God...they are SENT to Hell, Separated FROM God, to WAIT Judgement.
.....The LIFE IN the SOUL shall BE RETURNED to GOD....and the SOUL Destroyed.


The one dying without the life-giving Spirit of God in them, returns to God without life.

The ONE WHAT returns to God without LIFE?
What are you talking about....God is a God of the LIVING.


Only the man indwelt by the Spirit of God continues to be a living soul with spiritual life through the Spirit in them. The breath of life that came from the Creator given man is defined as - divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal:—blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
This intellect comes through our mind, that equips man with divine inspiration that means man understands the supernatural force that enables man to both know and have a relationship with the Creator. The breath of life from the Creator Spirit, is defined both soul, and spirit because the spirit life in man can continue to be alive after the body dies if man dies in faith. Because only the faithful, all who have been born again, possess the Spirit from Christ. Since the life man receives through the Spirit from Christ in them is eternal, our spirit can never die. In death our spirit being alive through the Spirit from Christ leaves our mortal dead body, and ascends to heaven a spiritual body, also a living soul.

ALL natural born living creatures with BLOOD LIFE, are given the Breath of Gods LIFE in a soul.....that is not the SAME thing as a man RECEIVING, VIA, Gods Spirit, Gods SEED., and mans SPIRIT becoming Born Again.


When man disobeyed God, the breath of life man possessed through the Creator was lost forever,

No.
Adam was a created form, a body, God called a MAN-KIND of being.
Adam disobeyed.
Adams soul was NOT LOST, it was forgiven, remained IN his BODY, and his Body and Soul IN his Body, was escorted out of the Garden.
......WHAT DID NOT OCCUR THEN......Was: Adam DID NOT RECEIVE ETERNAL SPIRIT LIFE THEN.

and man's spirit became without ability or understanding to live forever with God. Man lost what he had received through the Spirit from the Creator, became like that which was created (the serpent), therefore, now natural, no longer with the ability to have a relationship with the Creator. For without His divine inspiration, man's spiritual ability to commune with God is lost forever. Man became as spiritually dead through sin, and that's why man must be born again of the Spirit to have eternal life and once more be able to commune and live with God forever.

All body’s shall die.
A soul desiring to be SAVED, does so by having BELIEF in their Heart.
A natural spirit of man (of a mans seed) desiring to be BORN AGAIN of Gods SEED; Does so by: heartfully repenting for having HAD disbelief;
willingly, Truthfully, Pledging to lay down his bodily life UNTO GOD;
Truthfully Believing in his Heart;.......
AND CONFESSING his True Belief in his Heart....

Done DEAL....Accomplished.....WHOLE man...Body, Soul, Spirit.......
Reconciled unto God, ONCE and FOREVER.

Body dies, Returns to Dust.
Living soul departs Body, rises up to God.
Living spirit departs Body, rises up to God.
Living soul and Living spirit, WAIT in Heaven with God, UNTIL their Body is Raised UP and their living soul and their living spirit Returned to their Glorified Risen Body.
 

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Animals are living creatures WITH Gods Breath of Life...
They are not Living souls. They have Living souls IN them.

Every breathing creature upon the earth is a living soul. Because soul is defined a breathing creature - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

Every living creature has a body with spirit, thus is a living soul. In the Lord's hand is the breath (spirit) of all mankind, because breath of life indicates intellect in both humans and animals. But God's hand holds only the soul of living creatures, so death for them is simply a return to dust. But, unlike the animal world, the spirit or breath of life in man returns to God who gave it.

Job 12:7-10 (KJV) But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Ecclesiastes 3:21 (KJV)
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Ecclesiastes 12:7
(KJV) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Body together with spirit = living soul of every creature upon the earth.

Genesis 2:7 (KJV) And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, (body) and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; (spirit) and man became a living soul.

Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and
I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

All living creatures have a body (physical) and spirit (mind, intellect) and are therefore living souls. The simplest way to define these three - outer shell of every living creature = body, the inner part of every living creature, the mind intellect = spirit. The two, which are body outer shell with bone, marrow, blood is animated or controlled through the spirit, because the spirit gives life to every organ of the body; together body + spirit = living soul.
 

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Every breathing creature upon the earth is a living soul.
Please do not Overlook This Portion of:

What Saith The Scripture?:

"...the body without the spirit is dead..." (Jam 2:26)​

1) When the body is dead, it becomes ignorant and hence
"knows not anything" (Ecc 9:5), "returning to dust" (Ecc 12:7):

2) "the spirit returns (from the body) back to God Who Gave it"
(Ecc 12:7)

3) "the soul departs" (Gen 35:16-19):

a) UNbelievers' souls go to the "place of torment, having vision,​
speech, feeling, and remembering everything" (Luk 16:19-31)​
"across the great fixed gulf":​
b) Believers (previously) went to "paradise (in the earth) =​
Abraham's bosom"...​
c) ...(But now), for believers, Under God's Grace!:

In Christ's Revelation Of The Mystery To Paul, He Teaches:

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die IS GAIN!" (Philippians 1:21)
+
"For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to DEPART {soul},
And To Be WITH CHRIST; which IS FAR BETTER!" (Philippians 1:23)
+
"Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, Who
also hath given unto us The Earnest of The Spirit. Therefore we are
always Confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body,
we are absent from The LORD: ( For we walk by faith, not by sight: )

We are Confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,
and to be Present With The LORD!
" (2 Corinthians 5:5-8) Where?:

"...Paradise in The Third Heaven!..." (2Co 12:1-4)
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Oh LORD, I pray that all would be willing And Always have This
Confidence That Ye Have Assured
us, about our Departure, From
Thy Precious Word Of Truth.
Amen.

Grace, Peace, And JOY In Christ, And In His Word Of Truth, Rightly Divided!
 
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Every breathing creature upon the earth is a living soul. Because soul is defined a breathing creature - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

And? I was defining ........ PERSON.


But, unlike the animal world, the spirit or breath of life in man returns to God who gave it.

Spirit OR Breath of Life ?
Genesis 2:7 (KJV) And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, (body) and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; (spirit) and man became a living soul.

Key WORDS:

1) GOD....FORMED man
2) AND
3) GOD...BREATHED INTO


Form......is one thing, (neither ALIVE or DEAD)..it’s a SHAPE, called a man.
AND
Breathed INTO....Breath OF Gods LIFE...MAKES the FORM ALIVE with a soul.

SOUL...IN the FORM the FORM-ED man’s LIFE (BLOOD) BECOMES ALIVE.
SOUL...IN the FORM the man’s SHAPE, BODY, PARTS....FUNCTION.

SOUL...IN the FORM the Ears, HEAR...Eyes, SEE...Nose, SMELLS...
Mouth, SPEAKS...Tongue, TASTES...Flesh, FEELS TOUCH.

SOUL...OUT of the FORM the HEARING, SEEING, SMELLING, SPEAKING, TASTING, FEELING TOUCH....life IN the soul ....CONTINUES.

SOUL OUT of the FORM the FORM is DEAD rots returns to earth


SOUL OUT of the FORM the SOUL Is Escorted TO God IN Heaven OR sent TO Hell.

kHebrews 4:12 (KJV) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Uh Huh...I know...God Knows...

Soul of a man
Spirit of a man
Body of a man

THREE distinct things.
Soul AND Spirit AND Body

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV) And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Again... THREE distinct things...
Spirit...AND...Soul...AND...Body



All living creatures have a body (physical) and spirit (mind, intellect) and are therefore living souls. The simplest way to define these three - outer shell of every living creature = body, the inner part of every living creature, the mind intellect = spirit. The two, which are body outer shell with bone, marrow, blood is animated or controlled through the spirit, because the spirit gives life to every organ of the body; together body + spirit = living soul.

Jumbled...

Body.........Dust
Soul..........Gods Breath
Spirit.........Gods Seed

God Creates .....body.....Forms/Shapes
God Makes Body Alive...His Breath, Soul
God Makes mans Spirit Alive...His Seed

Body...life, Blood...shall Die
...Soul leaves dead body

Soul....life, Gods Breath, Soul remains Living...
...as long as God leaves His Breath IN the Soul.
...a Departed Soul...
...May rise Upward To God...ie Saved !
...May be Sent Downward TO Hell..ie Unsaved !
Both WAIT for Judgement.
* Judged...Saved...Gods Breath Forever remains in that soul...Soul returns TO Glorified Body.
* Judged...Un Saved...Gods Breath Returns TO God....Soul AND Body Destroyed...Forgotten.

Spirit....life, Gods SEED, Imparted ONLY IN men, whom ...
The man Has Confessed True Belief...
And God has Circumcised their Heart
And God Has PUT HIS SEED in their Circumcised Heart.

That SPIRIT of man Shall Always Remain Living.
That SPIRT of man Shall Depart mans Dead Body.
That SPIRIT of man Shall Rise UPWARD to Gods HAND.
That Spirit Of Man SHALL be Imparted IN a mans Glorified Body.

Body OF Man
Soul OF Man
Spirit OF Man

Three Different Things OF Man.
...Body, Soul, Spirit OF Man....Changed By the Power of God..
That man is BECOME “MADE”...
Wholly...Whole...Holy...consecrated ONLY unto the Lord God Almighty.

Body, Soul, Spirit OF a Man ... NOT Changed...??
Life Departed that man and he Destroyed.
 

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Please do not Overlook This Portion of:

What Saith The Scripture?:

"...the body without the spirit is dead..." (Jam 2:26)​

1) When the body is dead, it becomes ignorant and hence
"knows not anything" (Ecc 9:5), "returning to dust" (Ecc 12:7):

2) "the spirit returns (from the body) back to God Who Gave it"
(Ecc 12:7)

3) "the soul departs" (Gen 35:16-19):

a) UNbelievers' souls go to the "place of torment, having vision,​
speech, feeling, and remembering everything" (Luk 16:19-31)​
"across the great fixed gulf":​
b) Believers (previously) went to "paradise (in the earth) =​
Abraham's bosom"...​
c) ...(But now), for believers, Under God's Grace!:

In Christ's Revelation Of The Mystery To Paul, He Teaches:

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die IS GAIN!" (Philippians 1:21)
+
"For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to DEPART {soul},
And To Be WITH CHRIST; which IS FAR BETTER!" (Philippians 1:23)
+
"Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, Who
also hath given unto us The Earnest of The Spirit. Therefore we are
always Confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body,
we are absent from The LORD: ( For we walk by faith, not by sight: )

We are Confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,
and to be Present With The LORD!
" (2 Corinthians 5:5-8) Where?:

"...Paradise in The Third Heaven!..." (2Co 12:1-4)
----------------------------------
Oh LORD, I pray that all would be willing And Always have This
Confidence That Ye Have Assured
us, about our Departure, From
Thy Precious Word Of Truth.
Amen.

Grace, Peace, And JOY In Christ, And In His Word Of Truth, Rightly Divided!

Yes, the body without the spirit is dead. Because the spirit is what gives our body life. Having a spirit is to have conscientiousness, our mind/intellect which is the control center of our body. That's why when God created man from the dust, He breathed life (spirit) into the lump of clay, and the lump of clay now with conscientiousness became a living soul. The same is true of every living creature upon the earth.

The difference between living creatures upon the earth and mankind is that God also gives His Spirit to whosoever believes in Christ. It is through His Spirit that man shall live forever. Without His Spirit in our spirit, when our body dies it returns to dust, and every human spirit returns to God who gave it. If man has been born again his spirit returns to God alive, or as Scripture says, a living (spirit) soul. Without the Holy Spirit in man, his spirit returns to God without life.

When Scripture says the soul departs, it simply means the body has died. I believe the parable of Lazarus and the rich man is a narrative, symbolizing what shall become of both the faithful and unfaithful after they die. When the last trumpet sounds that time on this earth shall be no more, then shall come to pass that which the parable describes for both the faithful and unfaithful. The fate on one the burning lake of eternal fire, the other shall be paradise upon the new earth when paradise, which is heaven shall be upon the new earth.

Revelation 2:7 (KJV) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Since the advent of Christ coming in human form, and defeating sin and death, when believers die our spirit goes as spirit soul to heaven to be with the Lord until the last day of this age.
 
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A living, breathing creature is called a living soul Bob. How does the living soul have physical life? (Gn. 2:7) Souls can only be alive when the breath of life, called a 'spirit' remains in them. (Jo 6:63) When the physical body of all living creatures succumbs to death, it is because the spirit that gave them life returned to God, who gave it (Ec. 12:7). What happens to the 'spirit' within man when it returns to God indwelt with the Holy Spirit? (Jo 14:16) Does not Scripture tell us the Holy Spirit gives man eternal life? How is man's life through the Holy Spirit eternal if death means we are no longer living souls?
I agree fully RW, except that the breath of life will return to us in the resurrection. Interestingly angels are not breathing creatures, but no doubt they too are animated by holy spirit, do you agree? We are only living souls, by having the breath of life in us, when that breath/spirit (ruach) leaves us, we die. The soul is dead at that point sir, and there is no superiority of us over a dead animal at that point. But the Bible promises a resurrection, and that resurrection began with Jesus being resurrected, no doubt motivation many to place importance on his resurrection. Many faiths celebrate it in fact.
 

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A man is a KIND of Created creature.
An animal is a KIND of Created creature.

The FORMED man-KIND of Creature RECEIVES a soul INTO the man.
The FORMED animal-KIND of Creature RECEIVES a soul INTO the animal.

The FORMED man-KIND of Creature’s LIFE is CALLED BLOOD.
The FORMED animal-KIND of Creature’s LIFE is CALLED BLOOD.

The SOUL IS Gods, The LIFE IN the Soul, is CALLED Gods BREATH.

* The man-KIND of Creature, With his LIVING BLOOD Life IN his BODY;
With Gods LIVING SOUL LIFE IN his Body; is CALLED a “PERSON”.

* The animal-KIND of Creature, With His LIVING BLOOD Life IN its BODY;
With Gods LIVING SOUL LIFE IN its Body; is CALLED an “ANIMAL”.



* A Man-KIND of creature, CALLED a Person;
WHOSE Living Soul Has Departed OUT of his BODY, IS no LONGER called:
A Person.
BECAUSE his LIVING SOUL, is NO longer, IN his Body.
His BODY IS DEAD.


* Living SOULS....IN A mans BODY....or OUT OF a mans BODY....ARE STILL CALLED.....SOULS.

* Dead Body’s KNOW nothing, FEEL nothing.

* REST IN PEACE....is a prayer for HOPE of
the DEAD BODY’S, Departed Living SOUL, IS RESTING IN PEACE WITH GOD
rather than the alternative....
of the DEAD BODY”S, Departed Living SOUL, IN CHAOS WITHOUT God.



* Death of a BODY....means the BLOOD LIFE of the BODY has Ceased.

(blood can drain out of the body, the heart can stop pumping the blood throughout the body....and the body will Die....and begin rotting, Returning to Dust of the Earth.)

*
The Living SOUL IN a Body...SHALL depart that DYING Body.
The LIFE IN the SOUL (Gods BREATH) continues LIVING...
WITH God, “Escorted to Heaven” to BE WITH God.

(Escorted BY a holy angel Servant of God)
Or
WITHOUT God, “Sent to Hell” to BE WITHOUT God.

(Sent BY the power of God)

* Separation FROM God...physical or spiritual...is called DEAD, whether or not the “separated THING has LIVE IN it”.

God states VERY CLEARLY...His Created creatures with BLOOD LIFE, SHALL DIE.

The SOUL may or may not LIVE forever.
The SOUL “WITH” God SHALL Live forever...
The SOUL “WITHOUT” God SHALL Forever BE Separated FROM God.

The Judgement and Sentencing OF ALL LIVING SOULS, (in or out of Body’s) has NOT YET come to pass.

Man-KIND IS a formed BODY, of DUST.
Man-KIND receives INTO his BODY, a SOUL from God, with Gods Breath of Life.
Man-KIND “can” also receive INTO his BODY, Gods SEED, to birth a man A Spiritual Spirit.

The “WHOLE” of a man-KIND of creature....IS
The body of man.....become made glorified.
The soul of man.......become made restored, called saved.
The spirit of man......become made quickened, called born again.

ALL, the body, the soul, the spirit OF man, become MADE “changed”,
BY the Power of God.
The “changing”, by the Power of God....is a man’s guarantee....
That the WHOLE of that man...body, soul, spirit...SHALL LIVE FOREVER...
WITH God.
Pretty much agree with most of what you said Taken, cept hell of course, everyone who dies goes there sir.
 

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Pretty much agree with most of what you said Taken, cept hell of course, everyone who dies goes there sir.
Hi Robert ~ Do also think we on for the most part are on the same page,
Definitely same path!

I do not believe Body’s go to hell.
I do believe all Departed Living souls ... saved and unsaved souls ... used to go to Hell, but were not together. Separated by a great Gulf.

One side;
Tree of life, called Paradise, Called Abraham’s Bosom, (notifies us Faithful Abraham’s Saved soul was there, ) (notifies us, those living souls with Abraham were Saved). They were at peace and in comfort.

Other side of Gulf;
Misery, unrest, chaos, distress, torments.
Nothing comforting, Nothing pleasant. Putrid smell of sulfur. Yells of agony. Gloomy. Extremely hot, no relief to cool down.

What changed....and Why...and for Who.
* Remember Jesus is first and Before all things.

Backing up in history.
Before Man Learned Jesus is Lord, He is the Word of God, His Name Jesus....
And Before man was created....
Lucifer, a highly gifted Holy Angel.....(thought “his truth” in his heart.....
That “he” could rise Above the stars, and Rule Over Everything.)

Above the stars IS God Place ALONE. High Estate, High Heaven, pure Light.
When Lucifer thought he could Rise up to Gods Level....he was essentially making himself with more authority and power than God.

What Lucifer DID was Kill Gods Truth by turning Gods Truth into a Lie.
Lucifer’s reputation became;
He the First LIAR....and father of Lies.
He the First MURDER.

And his consequence.
Name and description changed.
(Satan, unholy, liar, murderer, serpent, devil, etc.)
Cast out of Heaven, and the Estate OF the Stars, that we can See, but not Go there.
He was cast to Earth. He has free roam to go wherever earthly Created men can go...
Earth, dry land, valleys, mountains tops, in the air of lower Heavens (clouds), seas, countries, cities, buildings, homes, yes and even churches.

Point Being The Word of God was Killed Before the First man was Created.
Again...He first in all things.

4,000 years later....God sent His Word (as He had many times)...Sent His Word Forth out of His Mouth)....a bit different.... Sent His Word IN a Body, that God prepared.... in the fashion as An earthly man.....not any man....but a Jewish man...of the House of David.....of Judah....of the linage of Abraham’s Faithful descendants.

The importance of that is;
The land Promised to Abraham, Issac, Jacob....is an inheritance to their Faithful “legal” (Gods Law and Mans Law) offspring.
The importance of the House of David, is God Established an Everlasting Throne, And God seated David on that Throne. Anyone thereafter seated on that throne, is King over that Kingdom.

The Throne...is not about a fancy chair, but rather an Office, Head, authority and power.
The Office is the place to conduct the business of Governance. ( this case Jerusalem)The Land is the borders of the Kingdom....ie nation/country....and citizens within that Kingdom.

Jesus, Word of God, with Power (Christ) .... shall return to Earth, receive His
Inheritance, Throne, Kingdom and rule for 1,000 years.....
Conditions??
VOID of Satan....he removed from face of the Earth.
Human kingdoms of believers, outside of Jesus kingdom.( ie. promised land)

Saved souls in Hell, could not Leave Hell ..... until ??
Jesus’ soul left.

Jesus’ body killed.
Body laid in tomb.
Living soul departed His Body, went to Hell. 3 days.
His soul Returned to His Body.
Body rose up.
Jesus visited with Jews 40 days.
Took Saved souls In hell With Him On His Return to Heaven.

Now...all departed Saved Living souls....are escorted to Heaven, their dead body’s still buried.....waiting for Judgement day.

Tree of Life, Paradise....presently IN Heaven.
Shall once again Be On Earth, (as it Once was in the Garden of Eden.)


Glory to God,
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I agree fully RW, except that the breath of life will return to us in the resurrection. Interestingly angels are not breathing creatures, but no doubt they too are animated by holy spirit, do you agree? We are only living souls, by having the breath of life in us, when that breath/spirit (ruach) leaves us, we die. The soul is dead at that point sir, and there is no superiority of us over a dead animal at that point. But the Bible promises a resurrection, and that resurrection began with Jesus being resurrected, no doubt motivation many to place importance on his resurrection. Many faiths celebrate it in fact.

Yes, Bob all humanity will be bodily resurrected for either life, or damnation when the last trump sounds. I believe angels are created by God. Scripture tells us why they are created. As ministering spirits for them who shall be heirs of salvation.

Colossians 1:16-17 (KJV) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Hebrews 1:14 (KJV) Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

When our body dies without the Spirit of Christ in us, then we are no more. Only those who die indwelt with the Holy Spirit continue to live as spirit (living) souls in heaven after physical death.
 

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Hi Robert ~ Do also think we on for the most part are on the same page,
Definitely same path!

I do not believe Body’s go to hell.
I do believe all Departed Living souls ... saved and unsaved souls ... used to go to Hell, but were not together. Separated by a great Gulf.

One side;
Tree of life, called Paradise, Called Abraham’s Bosom, (notifies us Faithful Abraham’s Saved soul was there, ) (notifies us, those living souls with Abraham were Saved). They were at peace and in comfort.

Other side of Gulf;
Misery, unrest, chaos, distress, torments.
Nothing comforting, Nothing pleasant. Putrid smell of sulfur. Yells of agony. Gloomy. Extremely hot, no relief to cool down.

What changed....and Why...and for Who.
* Remember Jesus is first and Before all things.

Backing up in history.
Before Man Learned Jesus is Lord, He is the Word of God, His Name Jesus....
And Before man was created....
Lucifer, a highly gifted Holy Angel.....(thought “his truth” in his heart.....
That “he” could rise Above the stars, and Rule Over Everything.)

Above the stars IS God Place ALONE. High Estate, High Heaven, pure Light.
When Lucifer thought he could Rise up to Gods Level....he was essentially making himself with more authority and power than God.

What Lucifer DID was Kill Gods Truth by turning Gods Truth into a Lie.
Lucifer’s reputation became;
He the First LIAR....and father of Lies.
He the First MURDER.

And his consequence.
Name and description changed.
(Satan, unholy, liar, murderer, serpent, devil, etc.)
Cast out of Heaven, and the Estate OF the Stars, that we can See, but not Go there.
He was cast to Earth. He has free roam to go wherever earthly Created men can go...
Earth, dry land, valleys, mountains tops, in the air of lower Heavens (clouds), seas, countries, cities, buildings, homes, yes and even churches.

Point Being The Word of God was Killed Before the First man was Created.
Again...He first in all things.

4,000 years later....God sent His Word (as He had many times)...Sent His Word Forth out of His Mouth)....a bit different.... Sent His Word IN a Body, that God prepared.... in the fashion as An earthly man.....not any man....but a Jewish man...of the House of David.....of Judah....of the linage of Abraham’s Faithful descendants.

The importance of that is;
The land Promised to Abraham, Issac, Jacob....is an inheritance to their Faithful “legal” (Gods Law and Mans Law) offspring.
The importance of the House of David, is God Established an Everlasting Throne, And God seated David on that Throne. Anyone thereafter seated on that throne, is King over that Kingdom.

The Throne...is not about a fancy chair, but rather an Office, Head, authority and power.
The Office is the place to conduct the business of Governance. ( this case Jerusalem)The Land is the borders of the Kingdom....ie nation/country....and citizens within that Kingdom.

Jesus, Word of God, with Power (Christ) .... shall return to Earth, receive His
Inheritance, Throne, Kingdom and rule for 1,000 years.....
Conditions??
VOID of Satan....he removed from face of the Earth.
Human kingdoms of believers, outside of Jesus kingdom.( ie. promised land)

Saved souls in Hell, could not Leave Hell ..... until ??
Jesus’ soul left.

Jesus’ body killed.
Body laid in tomb.
Living soul departed His Body, went to Hell. 3 days.
His soul Returned to His Body.
Body rose up.
Jesus visited with Jews 40 days.
Took Saved souls In hell With Him On His Return to Heaven.

Now...all departed Saved Living souls....are escorted to Heaven, their dead body’s still buried.....waiting for Judgement day.

Tree of Life, Paradise....presently IN Heaven.
Shall once again Be On Earth, (as it Once was in the Garden of Eden.)


Glory to God,
Taken
Would you like to actually discuss what hell is Taken?
 

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Yes, Bob all humanity will be bodily resurrected for either life, or damnation when the last trump sounds. I believe angels are created by God. Scripture tells us why they are created. As ministering spirits for them who shall be heirs of salvation.

Colossians 1:16-17 (KJV) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Hebrews 1:14 (KJV) Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

When our body dies without the Spirit of Christ in us, then we are no more. Only those who die indwelt with the Holy Spirit continue to live as spirit (living) souls in heaven after physical death.
All with the exception of those who go to heaven, who will be as the angels are RW.
 

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All with the exception of those who go to heaven, who will be as the angels are RW.

Yes, every believer in Christ goes to heaven and will be as the angels, that are not physical but spirit beings Bob. When people read of faithful saints, it's helpful to remember that when we are in Christ in both life and death we are no longer counted among "the dead", because faithful saints have eternal life, so we are always to be counted as the living with Christ in both time in this age, and in the age to come.
 

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Yes, every believer in Christ goes to heaven and will be as the angels, that are not physical but spirit beings Bob. When people read of faithful saints, it's helpful to remember that when we are in Christ in both life and death we are no longer counted among "the dead", because faithful saints have eternal life, so we are always to be counted as the living with Christ in both time in this age, and in the age to come.
Actually Rw, the Bible states that 144,000 are redeemed from the earth. They go to heaven for a reason, if you would like to discuss it.

The vast majority of Christians will inherit the earth, where they were designed to live. Why do you think satan is going to be removed from the earth when Jesus comes, and then released back on it at the end of the thousand years sir?
 

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Sure. You go first, I’ll listen.
Great. The Strong's dictionary defines it as the abode of the dead.

The original words for what was translated hell is Sheol, and Hades. Hebrew and Greek respectively. They both are referring to the same place, how do we know this? Note this prophecy and fulfillment:
Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
The original word was Sheol
Ac 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
The original word was Hades.

So are you able to discern that Sheol and Hades translated hell is speaking of the same place?
 

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Actually Rw, the Bible states that 144,000 are redeemed from the earth. They go to heaven for a reason, if you would like to discuss it.

The vast majority of Christians will inherit the earth, where they were designed to live. Why do you think satan is going to be removed from the earth when Jesus comes, and then released back on it at the end of the thousand years sir?

Actually Bob, the Bible speaks plainly regarding who the 144,000 are. They are "of all the tribes of the children of Israel." These symbolize the faithful remnant saved from Old Covenant Israel. Though the Spirit has always been with faithful saints of old, He was not sent to be IN the faithful of Christ until Pentecost. Rev 7 depicts how the angels were instructed to hold back the four winds, four symbolizing universal, and winds, symbolizing the Spirit indwelling people of faith throughout the world. The sealing by the Spirit is how the faithful have assurance of eternal life. After the elect remnant of old were sealed, they would be included with the innumerable multitude seen in heaven (Rev 7:9). The next time we see the 144,000 they are before the Lamb on heavenly Mount Sion "having his Father's name written in their foreheads." They are firstfruits because they are the first to ascend a spirit with the Lord after His resurrection. They were redeemed from the earth, being humans of faith, believing the prophesy of The Messiah who would come to redeem them from death. Being faithful, they were not guilty of spiritual adultery, they worshipped only one God, and were never defiled by spiritual whoredoms.

Every faithful saint will inherit the new earth, after this heaven and earth have passed away. Once Satan is destroyed when Christ comes the second time, his destruction is complete and forever. There will not be another one thousand years on this earth when the seventh angel begins to sound that TIME for this earth shall be no more.

Revelation 10:5-7 (KJV) And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
 

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Great. The Strong's dictionary defines it as the abode of the dead.

The original words for what was translated hell is Sheol, and Hades. Hebrew and Greek respectively. They both are referring to the same place, how do we know this? Note this prophecy and fulfillment:
Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
The original word was Sheol
Ac 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
The original word was Hades.

So are you able to discern that Sheol and Hades translated hell is speaking of the same place?

Though hell, hades, and Sheol are defined as the abode of the dead, or the grave, that is not consistently true throughout Scripture. We also find the Hebrew word géenna translated 'hell'. As you can see by the definition below the word translated 'hell' is associated with eternal fire, and everlasting punishment.

γέεννα géenna, gheh'-en-nah - of Hebrew origin (H1516 and H2011); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment:—hell.

Christ consistently warned against the danger of "hell fire" when speaking of the danger of the judgment coming. Though inconsistent translation of hell causes confusion, it is not wrong to consistently interpret this for those who live and die without faith, and therefore without Christ as 'the dead' who go into the grave (hell) without hope. Man's fate is eternally sealed when dying without Christ, because they will be resurrected to damnation (lake of fire) at the judgment.

Matthew 5:22 (KJV) But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
 

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Jesus said that there would be a resurrection of the unjust.

John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.

How do infernists understand that? Do they believe that the unjust will be taken out of a hell of fire, judged by the same thing that they were thrown there, and thrown back into another hell of fire so that they finish burning?
 

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Jesus said that there would be a resurrection of the unjust.

John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.

How do infernists understand that? Do they believe that the unjust will be taken out of a hell of fire, judged by the same thing that they were thrown there, and thrown back into another hell of fire so that they finish burning?

Without discussing the judgment of God against the wicked, I am convinced through the Scripture that hell, when defined as grave, or place of the dead, is just that. The place of the dead! The dead knowing nothing, those who go down into darkness and silence. When the body goes into the grave/hell the spirit in man returns to God who gave it. Then at the hour coming all of the dead will be resurrected either to life or damnation.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
 

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Why are you quoting my post without answering what I am asking?
Without discussing the judgment of God against the wicked (...)
Again: How do infernists understand the resurrection of the unjust?

Acts 25:15 And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

Do they believe that the unjust will be taken out of a hell of fire, judged by the same thing that they were thrown there, and thrown back into another hell of fire so that they finish burning?